Railroad tie



E. PERRY RAILROAD TIE Fil'ed DBG. 23. 1924 gvwenkn Patented ct. 13,1925.

UNITED STATS .PATENT FFE.

ELLERY PERRY, F CLEAN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RO'Y E. VANCE,0F OLEAN, NEW YORK.

RAILROAD TIE.

- Application filed December 23, 1924, Serial No. 757,723.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELLERY PERRY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Olean, in the county of Cattaraugus and the State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad Ties, ofwhich the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is the provision of a railroad tie which willkeep the rails equidistantly spaced and which will provide a cushionlike riding means.

Another object of my invention is to provide a locking means for arailroad tie which is effective, durable and positive.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a single ordouble tie construction for railroads which is inexpensive and lasting.

Additional objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent froma reading of the following description taken in connection with theclaim and the drawings illustrating the invention wherein- Figure 1shows a side elevation of my railroad tiethe rails shown in transversesection.

Fig. 2 is a transverse view partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a modified view of the tie showing a single instead of doubleconstruction.

Fig. l is a plan view of the assembled members, and

Fig. 5 is a view of the disassembled units of the locking mechanism.

Numeral 6 refers to the usual rails of standard or other gage, used forrailroads, street car tracks, etc.

To hold the rails 6 parallel, I provide a metal tie 7 shown of a twounit section-8 in Figs. 2 and 4f or in a single unit section 9 in Fig.3.

This tie 7 is preferably of metal which may slightly expand if necessarythough its coefficient of expansion does not have to be the same as thatof the steel rails; furthermore by making the ties of metal all can beof uniform size and thickness. The ties 7 are made U shape in crosssection and inverted as shown at 9 to provide a resilient or an easyriding seat, also for the accommodation of a brace or standard 10. Thisbrace 10 has a groove 11 to hold a screw threaded rod 12 having a head13 and nut 111. Threaded on the worm 12 is a riding nut le, having anear or clamp l5, co-4 operating with another nut 16 having ear 17. Theseears and 17 rest against flanges 18 of the rail 6. TvVhen nuts 14 and 16are forced together by means 'of a key or wrench 19, acting on head 13of the worm 12, the rails are held rmly in place and in parallelism bymeans of alined slots 20. i

I do not wish to limit myself to the double supporting members shown inFig. 2 or the single unit support shown in Fig. 3. The principle of myinvention is the same in both cases.

Furthermore, it must be understood that only a preferred embodiment ofmy invention is herein shown and described and any departure from thesame, such as in shape, size or arrangement of parts may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of the invention or from the spiritand scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A. railroad tie having slots, an inverted U shape brace in each end ofsaid tie under each slot, each brace having a groove, a screw threadedmember resting in said groove, means on-the member for engaging a railand means to hold a rail at each end of the tie in parallel alinement.

ELLERY PERRY.

